Chapter 1780: Han Xin returns, Life-Death Grass arrives

After this small interlude with the Xiongnu.

The scene returned to calm once again.

The number of infected was unknown.

In any case, infected were rushing toward this side at every moment.

Then they would fall into the water and be washed away by the current.

It was just that the number of infected was not very dense.

The main thing was that there was no need for manual labor to exterminate the infected.

They would fall directly into the canal and die.

This was undoubtedly a time-saving and labor-saving job.

They had stayed here for several days in a row.

The infected had also gone from many to few.

This undoubtedly gave the soldiers a lot of leisure time.

The soldiers couldn't stay idle; it was fine when there were many infected.

Once the infected became fewer, the soldiers wanted to ride elephants out to charge the battlefield.

The soldiers jointly requested to go into battle.

Ying Ying Zi Ye also agreed to this request.

The elephant troops attacked.

They began to campaign in the surrounding area.

The elephant troops were invincible; no infected were their match.

As long as they didn't encounter a large number of infected, the elephant troops could sweep across the battlefield.

Furthermore, a small portion of the cavalry also began to attack.

Mainly, they were also carrying war drums to attack, going to the surrounding area to beat drums to attract the infected.

Along this defensive canal line.

Many infected lost their lives every day.

Whether it was day or night.

As long as the temperature was low, infected would appear during the day as well.

Overall, the number of these infected was very high.

Over these past few days, there was no telling how many infected had fallen into the canal and died.

It was only because they were standing by the canal to lure the infected.

Otherwise, no infected would be foolish enough to rush toward the water.

The morning of the eighth day.

The surrounding infected were already very, very few, and they needed to go to very distant places to lure them over.

The soldiers were even more idle.

At the same time, Meng Tian also sent out more than a dozen war drums.

Leaving only a few war drums within the defensive canal.

They needed to lure those infected over from further away.

Otherwise, this natural advantage would cease to exist.

At noon that day.

Finally, some good news arrived.

The soldiers who had gone out to lure the infected discovered that Han Xin and the others had returned.

Finally, Han Xin was brought into the defensive line.

Brought back along with him was a lot of Life-Death Grass.

All of it was stored in sealed containers.

The moment Ying Ying Zi Ye saw the Life-Death Grass, he finally became interested.

Life-Death Grass was a small, enchanting flower with blue petals.

This flower was only about an inch in size.

The grass was deep purple, and the flower bud was like a morning glory, in the shape of a bell.

It grew deep in cool valleys shrouded in mist, which was why it was discovered by herb gatherers in the deep mountains.

The Life-Death Grass itself was not special; the insect eggs in the white granular egg sacs on the back of the leaves were the real culprits.

After the insect eggs entered a suitable environment in the human body, they would hatch into larvae.

The bodies of these insects were very small, appearing in a dense state.

But their whole bodies were covered with wrinkles and many protruding needle-like cuticles.

This appearance showed at a glance that they were creatures that could endure harsh living environments.

The wrinkles provided heat and water insulation, and the spiky protrusions made it easy to attach to a host.

In a suitable environment in the human body, the larvae would grow into slender, thread-like adults.

After reaching sexual maturity, they would lay eggs inside the human body.

The adults would control the Tiangu acupoint, which would trigger the plague.

The corpse worms would eventually grow to 2-3 inches long, looking like white threads.

In a temporary camp.

Many generals were standing here.

They were also curiously looking at Han Xin.

Hearing that General Han Xin had returned, many people came to watch the excitement.

They just wanted to see what the Life-Death Grass that General Han Xin had brought back looked like.

Looking at the three full sacks on the ground, inside were some containers like pottery jars.

It was estimated that these were used to hold the Life-Death Grass. ===== CHAPTER 1782 =====